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12 NIGHTS / 15 DAYS Mexico City (4 Nights) • Guadalupe • Puebla • Washington DC (4 Nights) • March for Life • Students for Life Conference • Philadelphia • New York City (4 Nights) • Sisters of Life • Franciscan Accompanied by BISHOP RICHARD UMBERS Friars of the Renewal Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, TH DEPARTS SATURDAY 18 JANUARY 2020 Bishop Delegate for Life of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference The Old and New Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe
educate young girls. Today it is a National • The holy Shrine of San Miguel del Milagro Bishop Richard Umbers, Monument. Here St Michael the Archangel appeared to Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney and Bishop • The Church of San Francisco. All that remains Diego Lazaro in 1631 Delegate for Life of the Australian of the church and large monastery complex • Basilica of Our Lady of Ocotlan that was the headquarters of the first 12 It contains the image of Our Lady burnt into Catholic Bishops Conference, invites Franciscan monks sent to evangelize New a tree after she appeared to Juan Diego in you to join him for the March for Spain. The church standing today is the third 1541 Life Pilgrimage, from Mexico, to to be built on the site between 1710 and 1716. UNESCO World-Heritage listed city of Puebla The first two sunk into the soft soil under • Washington and culminating in New including the St Francis of Assisi Church Mexico City and had to be torn down. York. This pilgrimage is an opportunity - home to the incorrupt body of Blessed to grow closer in relationship with • The Temple of San Felipe Neri. Commonly Sebastian de Aparicio known as La Profesa (the Professed house), Our Lord and witness first-hand On our way back to Mexico City we stop by is a parish church established by the Jesuits the Great Pyramid of Cholula the life-giving movement of the and built between 1597 and 1610. The church prolife mission. Be truly uplifted by is noted for its large collection of colonial-era Mexico City overnight journeying through the Marian Shrine artwork created by some of Mexico’s best DAY 5: WEDNESDAY 22ND JANUARY – artists and spanning three centuries. of Guadalupe in Mexico, participate in MEXICO CITY TO WASHINGTON DC (TRAVEL the March for Life in Washington D.C., • Teotihuacan and its monumental DAY) (B) and serve alongside the Franciscan archaeological discoveries: This pre-Aztec city contains the Pyramids of Departing Mexico City today, we travel to the Friars of the Renewal and the Sisters the Sun, an amazing 215-foot-high pyramid, US capital - Washington DC! of Life in New York. the awesome Pyramid of the Moon, the We are met on arrival and transferred to our Temple of Quetzalcoatl with its enormous central place of lodgings. ornamental snake heads, and the grand Washington DC overnight Meal Code (B) Breakfast (L) Lunch (D) Dinner Avenue of the Dead running the length of the city. DAY 1: SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY 2020 – DAY 6: THURSDAY 23RD JANUARY – AUSTRALIA TO MEXICO CITY (D) Mexico City overnight WASHINGTON DC (B) Full day sightseeing tour visiting Washington Depart Australia and arrive into Mexico City, DAY 3: MONDAY 20TH JANUARY – City’s landmarks: Mexico’s capital. GUADALUPE PILGRIMAGE DAY (BD) The Lincoln Monument We are met on arrival and transferred to our Full day sightseeing tour visiting: • central place of lodging. • Washington Monument Shrine of our Lady of Guadalupe (New • Photo stops at Capitol Hill and the White Mexico City overnight Basilica and Old Basilica). The New Basilica • House is home to the original image of the Virgin of DAY 2: SUNDAY 19TH JANUARY – MEXICO Guadalupe and can be seen from any point • Saint John Paul II National Shrine CITY (BD) within the building due to the circular floor In the afternoon we visit America’s largest Full day sightseeing tour visiting: plan. We shall celebrate Mass here and have church, the Basilica of the National Shrine the opportunity to view and to venerate the • Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Immaculate Conception. Here, the of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven image of the Virgin. evening before the March for Life, thousands Consecrated in 1656, it is the largest • Tepeyac Hill and Area surrounding the will gather for the National Prayer Vigil cathedral in the Americas and is the seat of Basilica. Here we see the original chapel on for Life - an evening of prayer, Mass and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. the exact site of the apparitions to Juan Diego Adoration, in preparation for the March Here we shall celebrate Mass. (Capilla del Cerrito) and the Old Basilica tomorrow. completed in 1709. One special stop is La • Museum of the Templo Mayor (Greater Washington DC overnight Temple). The museum is located inside the Capilla del Pocito (Chapel of the Little Well) - a well that reputedly opened under the feet archaeological site of the temple ruins, near DAY 7: FRIDAY 24TH JANUARY – 47th of the Virgin. the Cathedral. The temple was destroyed by ANNUAL MARCH FOR LIFE (B) the Spanish in 1521 to make way for the new Here we will also have extensive time for Location: The March for Life Rally will take cathedral. Today the Temple is a UNESCO prayer and reflection today. place at noon at 12th St. on the National Mall, World Heritage Site. Mexico City overnight in between Madison Drive and Jefferson • Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar (Church Drive. Following the Rally, the March will of Our Lady of the Pillar). Constructed DAY 4: TUESDAY 21ST JANUARY – begin on Constitution Avenue between 12th between 1772 and 1778. Its popular name, TLAXCALA, OCOTLAN & PUEBLA and 14th Streets at approximately 1:00 pm. La Enseñanza Church (The Teaching Church), PILGRIMAGE DAY (BD) comes from one of the now disbanded Schedule: convent’s main missions, which was to Full day sightseeing tour visiting: 12:00 pm Rally Program New York City 4 Philadelphia Washington DC 4
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1:00 pm March up Constitution Avenue to DAY 11: TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY – NEW Supreme Court and Capitol Building YORK CITY: DAY OF MISSION WITH THE PRICING TABLE 3:00 pm After finishing marching - Silent No SISTERS OF LIFE/FRANCISCAN FRIARS OF More testimonies outside U.S. Supreme Court THE RENEWAL (B) TOUR CODE DEPARTS RETURNS or visit the March for Life Expo. Today we will experience first-hand the Washington DC overnight amazing work that the Sisters of Life and PV7420 Sat 18 Jan Sat 01 Feb Franciscan Friars of the Renewal carry out DAY 8: SATURDAY 25TH JANUARY – in New York City. It will be a day of spiritual AIR & TOUR $5,490* Twin Share Per Person STUDENTS FOR LIFE CONFERENCE (B) growth through witnessing first-hand the SINGLE ROOM $1,390 The Students for Life Conference (SFLA) is dynamic ministry that both of these amazing the largest pro-life conference in the world. orders offer to the people of New York. * Prices are based on a minimum group size It is a one-day event that provides education, (subject to confirmation) contingencies, calculated as at April 2019. Prices training and opportunities with pro-life New York overnight remain subject to possible changes in the unlikely activists from across America and national event of significant exchange rate variations, leaders who all know just how vital this pro- DAY 12: WEDNESDAY 29TH JANUARY – NEW airfare increases or minimum group size life generation is to abolishing abortion in our YORK CITY FREE DAY (B) contingencies not being met. lifetime. A free day to enjoy the sights and sounds of Washington DC overnight New York City at your own pace. New York City overnight INCLUSIONS DAY 9: SUNDAY 26TH JANUARY – VIA PHILADELPHIA TO NEW YORK (AUSTRALIA DAY 13: THURSDAY 30TH JANUARY – DAY) (B) DEPART USA (B) AIRFARES We depart Washington DC today and journey Today we will be transferred to the airport for Economy Class return airfare from to Philadelphia, the ‘City of Brotherly Love’. our homebound flight connections. Sydney (N.B. Airline taxes are included on standard itinerary and subject to Here we will visit: DAY 14: FRIDAY 31ST JANUARY – IN fluctuations). • Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul (Mass) and TRANSIT opportunity to pray before the relics of St ACCOMMODATION & MEALS DAY 15: SATURDAY 1ST FEBRUARY – ARRIVE Katharine Drexel, foundress of the Sisters Based on moderate standard hotel AUSTRALIA of the Blessed Sacrament and canonised in accommodation throughout with 2000 breakfast daily and some dinners. • Shrine to St John Neumann - the first male American to be canonised St Patrick’s Cathedral TOURING & TRANSPORTATION In the afternoon, we journey on to the ‘Big New York City Deluxe Air Conditioned Coach with Apple’ - New York City! driver • Professional Pilgrimage Escort / Local Guides • Sightseeing and New York overnight Entrance Fees throughout itinerary • Porterage of 1 piece of luggage at DAY 10: MONDAY 27TH JANUARY – NEW hotels • Tipping • Harvest Backpack, YORK CITY (B) Pilgrims Journal and Tour Wallet. AM: Rising early we will transfer by coach to St Patrick’s Cathedral for morning Mass. NOT INCLUDED From here we will head off on foot, to theSt Passport and visa costs (if applicable) John the Martyr Church on 72nd St where we • Other meals not stated • Items of a will learn about the Sisters of Life and their personal nature • Travel Insurance Apostolates. PM: We will visit the St Francis halfway house in Brooklyn, meet with the residents of this house and enjoy lunch together. BOOK NOW We return to our hotel this afternoon and take some time to share with each other 1800 819 156 about our experience thus far. harvestjourneys.com/pv7420 New York overnight Contact us 1800 819 156
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